"The Taliban Are Winning"
The Taliban are not in a position where they are being forced to the negotiating table. If anything, it is the US that is being forced to try to find a way out of Afghanistan, because the Taliban are gaining strength. There are other groups rising up that are not even under the control of [Taliban leader] Mullah Omar. The insurgency is spreading. The former foreign minister for the Taliban, Muttawakil, said what you are seeing is classic guerrilla insurgency: It is starting in the rural areas, spreading to the smaller cities, and going into the district centers. Eventually it is going to hit Kabul. The Taliban will negotiate with the Afghan government, if the US leaves. That is what we heard.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/29/killing_reconciliation_military_raids_backing_of
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